This link will guide you to examples of town homes and condos which are often considered as student housing since they are easily accessible to both U/A and Pima College.

Recently in Tucson, the major HOA managers charge a non- refundable fee of approximately $300 in order to provide HOA information to the title company when escrow is opened. If the contract falls through that amount is retained from the earnest money.

In addition, there is a list of lender approved established condo/townhouses units.  Many newer "condo-conversions" are NOT approved and conventional or even FHA financing is not available on these complexes due to the over build/conversions.  Cash puchases can result in some good buys for this reason and there are quite a few short sales and foreclosures on these units.  Some of these properties are close to the University while others such as those in Starr Pass are several miles away.